Tag: Dirk Nowitzki

Of North America’s three most popular sports leagues, the NBA has spread its championships between the fewest franchises since 1980, with only nine earning the right to raise the trophy. By comparison, 15 baseball franchises have won World Series during that time – even with no franchise winning in 1994 due to the strike – and 19 football franchises have won Super Bowls.

…especially Dirk, J.Kidd, & Terry who have done so much for our league and worked so hard to get here. They deserve all the credit for what they have accomplished. Thank you to all my family, friends and especially the fans for standing by me this year. Miami fans are incredible. A special thank you to my teammates, coaches and Pat …

Jeff Van Gundy, the former coach and current ABC analyst, doesn’t buy into the belief that you must hold up the trophy to be considered a champion.

“You’ll never be able to convince me that John Stockton, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, LeBron James are not champions because they never win,” Van Gundy said. “So much of being a champion is ‘Do you prepare yourself, do you the right things …

1. Better efficiency early: The Heat’s been so good late that its continuing early offensive trouble has largely been ignored. Miami likes to establish Chris Bosh at the start, which is wise, but sometimes that comes at the cost of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade playing passively. If Mike …

MIAMI – LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are the two primary candidates for Eastern Conference Player of the Month, but that doesn’t mean either has much of a shot at the NBA’s Player of the Year. Saturday, James acknowledged the obvious – that his decision to join Wade and the Heat all but ended any hopes of three-peating as league MVP.